Wiltshire Jacqueline C, Roberts Velma, Brown Roger, Sarto Gloria E
Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, USA.
J Aging Health. 2009 Mar;21(2):314-35. doi: 10.1177/0898264308329000. Epub 2008 Dec 16.
This study assesses the effects of socioeconomic status (education and poverty) on seeking health information and subsequent use of this information during the medical encounter.
Data on 19,944 adults (aged 45 and older) were drawn from the 2000-2001 Household Component of the Community Tracking Study, a nationally representative survey of non-institutionalized individuals.
Higher levels of education were associated with a greater likelihood of seeking health information and mentioning information to physicians. The poor and near poor were less likely to seek health information, but only the near poor were significantly less likely to mention information to the physician.
These findings underscore the importance of education in the acquisition and use of health information among middle-aged and older adults.
本研究评估社会经济地位（教育程度和贫困状况）对寻求健康信息以及在就医过程中后续使用该信息的影响。
关于19944名成年人（45岁及以上）的数据取自2000 - 2001年社区追踪研究的家庭部分，这是一项对非机构化个体的全国代表性调查。
较高的教育水平与寻求健康信息以及向医生提及信息的可能性更大相关。贫困和接近贫困的人群寻求健康信息的可能性较小，但只有接近贫困的人群向医生提及信息的可能性显著更小。
这些发现强调了教育在中年及老年人获取和使用健康信息方面的重要性。
